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unknown, fl. 1946 [Babenhausen Displaced Persons Camp]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09956.03 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1946 Place Written: Frankfurt, Germany Type: Photograph Date: October 1946 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One photograph dated October 1946 of the Babenhausen displaced persons camp. Image is of sleeping quarters on the property. This served as a camp for Soviet prisoners of war.

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